Axar Patel Virginity Funny Story: Indian all-rounder Axar Patel, who was seen captaining Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026, while narrating a funny story, said that as soon as the ball hit the player’s helmet, he remembered ‘virginity’. This incident happened during the match of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026. So let us know what is the whole matter and Akshar talked about some player.

While talking on Humans of Bombay YouTube channel, Akshar told how Delhi player Ashutosh Sharma talked about virginity after being hit by the ball on his helmet.

Show host Jatin Sapru asked Akshar a question, what is the funniest thing you have heard in a very serious environment on the field?

Ashutosh Sharma remembered his virginity

Responding to this, Akshar Petal said, “It was a serious moment for Ashutosh Sharma, because he was hit by the ball on his helmet. I had gone to do a lap for concussion. Our physio Craig went to see him, he is going to ask, then he (Ashutosh) is saying that yes, I am a virgin.” Jatin laughed loudly after hearing Akshar’s answer.

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Ashutosh Sharma’s performance in IPL 2026

Ashutosh scored 171 runs in 8 innings of 8 matches of IPL 2026 at an average of 34.20 and strike rate of 181.91, in which his high score was 39 runs.

Delhi’s poor performance in the season

Delhi’s performance in the season was poor. The team won 7 out of 14 league matches and lost the remaining 7. The team started the season by winning 2 consecutive matches. After this there was a series of wins and losses. The team won the last 3 matches. But despite this it could not qualify for the playoffs. The team finished the league stage at sixth position in the points table.

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In the last league match of IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals (DC) performed brilliantly and defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 40 runs. DC captain Axar Patel looked happy after ending the tournament with a win. He said that he is proud of the way the team performed in the last three matches.

After the win against KKR, Axar said, “I would say that the way we played in the last three matches, even when you knew things were not going well, I am very proud of the way the team fought. No one thought that we would just give up and think that we are already out.”

The Delhi Capitals captain further said, “First of all you have to accept your mistakes. Then you will realize what you have to do better. That is the positive thing that you have to take forward. If the result of just one match had been different, things could have been very different. I think the last time we played good cricket, it was just about one match. If that one match had gone in our favour, we would have been talking differently. Like we talked at the time of the toss. The moments of catching are very important, if this had happened then perhaps we would have been in a different position.

Talking about his captaincy, Akshar said, “I have learned that IPL is a tournament where you have to take care of everything. However, at the end of the day, if you are in a good state of mind, then only you can handle everything properly. If you are not in a good mood, you can take wrong decisions or get frustrated and do something else. I think it is very important to stay calm.”

Batting first on the Eden Gardens ground on Sunday, Delhi Capitals scored 203 runs on the scoreboard after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, KL Rahul played a strong inning of 60 runs in 30 balls, while Akshar Patel contributed 39 runs in 25 balls. However, while chasing the target of 204 runs, the entire KKR team failed to score 163 runs in 18.4 overs.

In the 55th match of IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals (DC) kept their hopes of reaching the playoffs alive by defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS). 22 year old player Madhav Tiwari played an important role in this victory of DC. Madhav performed brilliantly with both ball and bat.

Madhav took the big wickets of Punjab Kings opener Priyansh Arya and Cooper Connolly, who played half-century innings in the first bowling. After this, he batted brilliantly in the last overs and played an unbeaten inning of 18 runs in just 8 balls, giving Delhi Capitals their fifth win of this season. Madhav was chosen ‘Player of the Match’ for his strong performance.

Talking about his stellar performance, Madhav said, “I would like to first of all thank the team management for giving me this opportunity, and I am very lucky that I have been able to be a part of the winning team here. The mindset is always that if things are not in your hands, then you try to improve in every practice session. I worked a lot on my bowling with Munaf Patel, and I constantly worked on my range-hitting and things like that with the batting coach. It is It was fun, and I’m glad I was able to contribute to the team.”

When Madhav was asked whether he is a batting or bowling all-rounder, he replied that he is 100 percent batsman and 100 percent bowler. Describing his bowling plan in the match, Madhav said, “I think the wicket was helping the length ball, so I stuck to that in the beginning. I was trying to mix it up with wide balls and short balls in between. I was fully prepared and the pitch was also helping the fast bowlers.”

Madhav told that Delhi Capitals batting coach Ian Bell encouraged him. He said, “Our batting coach (Ian Bell) just told me, ‘You have power, you have everything. Just don’t try to do anything different. Just keep your shape and play shots when you see the ball.’

Cricket fans got to see a very unique record in the match played between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2026. In this match played in Dharamshala, Delhi Capitals took such a decision, which was not seen again in the history of IPL in the last 10 years. Captain Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to bowl first, but the most discussion was about the team’s bowling strategy.

In this match, Delhi Capitals completed its entire 20 overs bowling relying only on fast bowlers. The team used a total of five bowlers and all of them bowled their full four overs each. The special thing was that not a single spin bowler was included in these.

Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, Aaqib Nabi, Madhav Tiwari and Lungi Ngidi took the responsibility of bowling from Delhi side. Captain Axar Patel himself is a spinner, but he also did not bowl. It is believed that considering the pitch of Dharamshala, the Delhi team did not want to take any risk.

Such a record made in IPL after 10 years

This is not the first time in IPL history, but this was not seen in the last 10 years. Earlier in the year 2016, Sunrisers Hyderabad had played a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore without any spinner. Hyderabad had won that match, but Delhi’s move could not succeed. Delhi bowlers failed to stop Punjab batsmen and Punjab Kings scored a huge score of 210 runs after losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

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Punjab batsmen played brilliant innings

Captain Shreyas Iyer and young batsman Priyansh Arya batted brilliantly for Punjab Kings. Priyansh Arya scored 56 runs in just 33 balls, which included 6 sixes and 2 fours. While playing the captaincy innings, Shreyas Iyer scored unbeaten 59 runs in 36 balls. Apart from this, Cooper Conley contributed 38 runs and Suryansh Shedge contributed 21 runs. Punjab’s batsmen adopted an aggressive style from the very beginning and maintained constant pressure on Delhi’s bowlers.

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Why was Akshar’s stake heavy?

Delhi Capitals certainly showed confidence in the fast bowlers, but Punjab’s batsmen took full advantage of this strategy. Due to lack of spin option, Delhi could not control the run rate in the middle overs. This was the reason why Punjab easily crossed 200 runs.

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer blamed the bowling and fielding for their fourth consecutive defeat in the Indian Premier League here on Monday after a three-wicket defeat against Delhi Capitals.

Chasing Punjab’s target of 211 runs, Delhi Capitals, despite losing three wickets for 33 runs, won by scoring 216 runs for seven wickets in 19 overs with the half-centuries of captain Akshar Patel (56 runs, 30 balls, eight fours, two sixes) and David Miller (51 runs, 28 balls, three fours, four sixes) and a 64-run partnership for the fifth wicket between them.

Punjab had scored 210 runs for five wickets with the half-centuries of captain Iyer (59 not out from 36 balls with three sixes and five fours) and Priyansh Arya (56 runs from 33 balls with six sixes and two fours).

Iyer said after the match, “There is no need to twist things, but once again the fielding and bowling disappointed.” Iyer, however, said that he had scored more runs than the competitive score.

The Punjab captain said, “I think it was 30 runs too many on this wicket. Seeing how the ball was seaming and the bounce was also uneven.

On not giving a chance to spinner Yuzvendra Chahal to bowl, Iyer said, “I had thought about it but the way the ball was seaming, if we had kept our line and length right, we might have got wickets.” But we could not do this. I always say that hard length or short of hard length is the best ball.

The poor performance of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026 remains in the news. In the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday, Kolkata Knight Riders increased their problems further by defeating Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets. After this defeat, team captain Akshar Patel looked very disappointed and he gave a big statement after the match.

Akshar Patel admitted that the team made a lot of mistakes while batting. According to him, Delhi Capitals scored less runs than expected and due to continuous loss of wickets in the middle overs, the team lagged behind in the match. He said that the fall of five wickets in just two to three overs proved to be the biggest turning point of the match.

Akshar also admitted that the team had made similar mistakes in the past also. Referring to the match played against Chennai Super Kings, he said that there also the batsmen came under pressure after a good start.

Questions raised on the mindset of the batsmen

The Delhi captain also spoke openly about the thinking of the batsmen. He said that batsmen need to show patience in difficult situations. According to Akshar, when wickets are falling continuously, then the team should play a few overs cautiously so that the innings can be stabilized.

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He said, ‘Look, you can’t solve this the hard way. When Ashutosh and I were batting, we were thinking that if we made any mistake there, it would become very difficult for the next batsman. For this reason I feel it is more important to adopt the right mindset. Even if you lose one or two wickets, you can still spend time at the crease and play. I think this is what needs to be adopted, when wickets are falling together, you have to bear the pressure for one or two overs.

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Akshar Patel gave clear indications that now the team can focus on preparing for the future. He said, ‘For now we will go back and think about the mistakes we have made. After that, obviously, there is still a long way to go and next year will also come. We will think about what plans we can make for the next year and what approach we should adopt. Based on that we can also look at the players sitting on the bench and decide who can be given chances and what changes we can make.

Finn Allen played match winning innings

In the match, Delhi Capitals, batting first, scored 142 runs in 20 overs. Pathum Nissanka scored the highest score of 50 runs, but the rest of the batsmen failed to make any impact. While chasing the target of 143 runs, KKR batsman Finn Allen batted in a stormy manner. He thrashed the Delhi bowlers by scoring unbeaten 100 runs in just 47 balls. Cameron Green also played a useful inning of 33 runs and led the team to an easy victory.

Captain Akshar Patel made the biggest loss to Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026. Akshar, who has played 10 matches in the season, is scoring runs for his team at a price of Rs 50 lakh. People are paying attention to many big flop players in the tournament, but no one is talking much about Akshar.

Let us tell you that Akshar, who has played 7 innings of 10 matches, has scored only 33 runs so far. Delhi had bought Akshar for the current season of IPL for a price of Rs 16.50 crore. If the price and runs are calculated, till now the captain has scored every run for Delhi at a price of Rs 50 lakh.

Flopped against Chennai also

In the 48th match being played against Chennai Super Kings, Akshar was out after scoring only 02 runs in 6 balls. So far his high score in the season has been 26* runs. While bowling, Akshar has taken 9 wickets in 10 innings of 10 matches. Still his performance in bowling seems fine. Now it will be interesting to see how he performs for the team in the upcoming matches in batting.

Talking about Akshar Patel’s IPL career, till now he has played 172 matches in the tournament. Bowling in 131 innings of these matches, he has scored 1949 runs at an average of 20.95 and strike rate of 132.85, which includes 3 half-centuries. His high score was 66 runs. While bowling the rest, he has taken 136 wickets in 169 innings, in which the best figure was 4/21. His economy was 7.40.

Delhi Capitals performance

Delhi has played 9 league matches, out of which it has won 4. Have faced defeat in the remaining 5 matches. The team is at seventh position in the points table. To reach the playoffs from here, Delhi will have to win all the remaining 5 matches. By winning all the remaining matches, the team can easily qualify for the playoffs with 18 points.

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IPL 2026: In IPL 2026, a match was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC) in Hyderabad. SRH won the match by 47 runs. After the match, questions have been raised on the captaincy of DC captain Akshar Patel. Former Australian captain Aaron Finch has criticized the captain for not completing the quota of 4 overs by Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel.

It is beyond comprehension to make Nitish Rana bowl 4 overs.

Aaron Finch said in ESPNcricinfo’s Time Out Show, ‘India has two of the best spinners in DC in Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, but neither of them completed their overs, while a part-time off-spinner like Nitish Rana bowled four overs. I don’t understand any meaning of this.

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Finch said that both Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav have been part of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup twice. He is the strength of spin bowling of Team India. Despite this, Akshar not bowling to the left-handed batsman and not calling Kuldeep to bowl shows his lack of trust.

The former Australian captain said in the letter that he is not the kind of person whom you know that if he is under pressure, he will bounce a ball up in the slot. He defends himself, changes the angle. Use your range and height to your advantage. So even when you are thinking defensively, attacking against Abhishek Sharma, when he is in that kind of mood, he bowls some good balls and he knows that something good will happen.

He said that I agree that the bowler cannot bowl his 24 balls in the right direction and length, but at least he should take a stand.

Let us tell you that in the SRH-DC match, Akshar Patel did not complete his quota of 4 overs nor did Kuldeep Yadav get the opportunity to complete his quota of 4 overs. Both bowled 2-2 overs. It is believed that Akshar took this decision because left-handed batsman Abhishek Sharma was at the crease. However, getting part-time spinner Nitish Rana to bowl 4 overs was a bad decision. No matter who the batsman is, you have to trust your main bowler. Kuldeep should have got at least 4 overs.

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Delhi Capitals (DC) lost by 47 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 31st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. DC captain Akshar Patel has admitted that missing opportunities to dismiss opposition opener Abhishek Sharma has cost his team dearly.

In the match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 242 runs losing 2 wickets. Abhishek Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 135 runs in 68 balls with 20 boundaries. In response, Delhi Capitals could score only 195 runs after losing 9 wickets in the stipulated overs.

After the defeat, DC captain Akshar Patel said on missing opportunities to dismiss centurion Abhishek Sharma, “If he had caught the chance of run-out and the catch that we missed, we could have stopped him. But yes, if a batsman bats so well and the execution of his shots is excellent, then credit should be given for such a performance.”

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He said, “The fielding part is in your hands. Taking catches and run-outs, these are things you can control. At such times it is very important to support the bowlers. I think that is where we could have done better.”

Heinrich Klaasen supported Abhishek Sharma very well during SRH’s innings. Klaasen scored unbeaten 37 runs in 13 balls with 3 sixes and as many fours. He made an unbroken partnership of 66 runs in 32 balls with Abhishek for the third wicket.

DC captain Akshar praised Klaasen, saying, “The way Heinrich Klaasen batted on the other side, it was not the fault of the bowlers. When a batsman plays like this, the coach and the captain have to accept that even the captain cannot stop him. I was telling the same thing to the bowlers that if you implemented your plan properly and even then he played a good shot, then you cannot do much. You have to move forward.”

When asked about changes in the upcoming matches, Patel said, “No, it does not feel like that right now. If we look at the kind of cricket going on, we are batting and bowling well too. When the wicket is so good, then it should be forgotten as a bad day.”

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Shubman Gill Gave Statement Regarding The Impact Player Rule: Indian Premier League 2026 is starting from 28th March. Earlier, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill has raised questions regarding the ‘Impact Player’ rule implemented by BCCI in IPL. He said that this reduces the importance of skill and challenge in the game. Earlier, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and recently Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel have also expressed objection to this rule. In the IPL captains’ meeting held in Mumbai on Wednesday, March 25, most of the captains including Gill demanded the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to review this rule.

What did Shubman Gill say on the ‘Impact Player’ rule?

The ‘Impact Player’ rule was implemented by BCCI in the year 2023 and it has been extended till at least the year 2027. Regarding this rule, Shubman Gill said, ‘According to me there should not be an ‘impact player’. Cricket is generally a game of 11 players. Adding an extra batsman or bowler takes away the real challenge and the importance of the player’s skill.

He further said, ‘There is a special skill in the game. If some of your main batsmen get out early, the team needs strategy and skill to score well, but with this one extra player the game has become one-sided and the challenge has also reduced. For me, chasing 180 or 160 runs on a challenging pitch is more exciting than chasing 220 runs on an easy pitch.

BCCI can take a decision on this rule after 2027

BCCI can take the final decision on ‘Impact Player’ rule only after the year 2027. Gill said, ‘This rule will remain in force till the year 2027. We had discussed this in the captains’ meeting. I understand that it makes the game a little more entertaining, but I don’t like it, but the decision will be taken by BCCI.